Tagged: donald trump
Trump, Biden top presidential tickets in Bonner Co.
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County voters cast 6,053 ballots in the March 10 presidential primary election, nominating Former Vice President Joe Biden to be the Democratic standard bearer …
Cyrus the Great versus Trump the Small
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Joining Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s clueless press secretary, 55 percent of white evangelicals believe that God has sent Donald Trump to save the nation. Jerry …
Shutdowns old and new
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With no end in sight to the government shutdown constricting Washington, D.C., it may well go on record as the longest in U.S. history.
That …
County commissioners invited to White House
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Every Idaho legislator and county commissioner — totaling 237 people — received email invitations to meet with Trump administration officials at the White House, including …
Trade war targets iconic Idaho potatoes
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
As the centerpiece of state’s agricultural industry, the Idaho potato is iconic.
For many Americans, it’s Idaho’s only notable characteristic, a source of annoyance for …
Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama: A Question of Character
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Trump is normalizing all this; he is, to borrow
a phrase, “defining deviancy down.”
—Bret Stephens, conservative columnist
Disorder, chaos, instability, uncertainty, intemperate
statements …
Forgiving adults who cheat to win
By Justin Henney
Reader Contributor
Each year I am reminded by others’ resolutions that I too can put effort into self improvement. My youngest daughter, Vi, age 7, helps me …
Not so fast with claims about Trump’s achievements: It will take some time to exceed Obama’s
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Trump’s apparent economic success to date mostly reflects fortunate timing.
—The Economist 11/18/17
In a letter to the Moscow newspaper last month, Bill Tozer …
The myth of a monochrome ‘Western’ civilization
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
If Western civilization is defined by religion and culture,
then Mexico—with its Catholic heritage and historic ties to European
monarchies—is unquestionably an outpost of “the …